CNN Headline News anchor and pathetic clown Nancy Grace did more for the marijuana legalization movement than all of Marijuana Policy Project’s billboards put together Thursday, Jan. 17.

That was when Grace had on MPP’s Mason Tvert and proceeded to say that weed makes people, “shoot each other, stab each other, strangle each other, drive under the influence, kill families — wipe out a whole family.”

What? Then Grace amplified the jaw-dropping tirade’s utter repulsiveness by refusing to let Tvert speak, talking over him, turning her mic up, and then just turning his mic off. The unvarnished display of 1930s reefer madness drew immediate and wide condemnation, and led to Saturday Night Live lampooning Grace’s non-sense.

We got to hand it to Tvert. He displayed almost saintly restraint while Grace foamed at the mouth. I don’t know how he didn’t just tee off on her. But by holding back and looking like the only sane person on the show, he knocked one out of the park for pot legalization. The segment went viral.

Tvert tells The Cannabist Monday that “you can always tell when a particular segment is special based on the number of people you hear from, and this is one that generated a lot of comments. … when people hear the arguments that were being made, most people can’t help but laugh at them.”

Caution, the following two clips could make you more dumb than any amount of weed ever will. (Via StT.org)

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